Curtain.



L. 0. WOOLERY.

CURTAIN.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. a, 1914.

ation/w13 Patented Feb. 9,1915.

L e e 0. Woo/ery LEE 0. WOOLERY, 0F TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA.

CURTAIN.

Application led September 8, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEE O. VOOLERY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Tombstone, in the county of Cochiseand State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtains employed in connection with sleepingporches and the like, and its object is to provide a novel and improvedcurtain-supporting means whereby the curtain may be readily raised andlowered from the inside, and also to provide novel and improved meansfor holding the curtain tight so that it will not sway and beat againstthe screen. These objects are attained by means of a combination andarrangement of vparts to be hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is anelevation showing the curtain in raised position; F ig. 2 is a verticalsection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing thecurtain in lowered position; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line %1of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10 denotes a curtain which ishung in a frame composed of spaced side bars 11, and top and bottomcross bars 12 and 13, respectively. This frame may be that part of theporch or other structure to which the curtain is applied. The curtain isfastened at its upper end to the inner face of the top cross bar 12 by across strip 14, and to the lower free edge of the curtain is fastened across bar or rod 15, which latter is designed to serve as a core onwhich the curtain may be wound in a roll as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andwhen thus wound, the rolled up curtain is at the top of the frame. Tolower the curtain, it is necessary only to allow it to unroll. The widthand length of the curtain is such that when it is lowered it forms acomplete closure for the frame.

To the inner edge of each side bar 11 is made fast a strip 16 which isangular in cross-section, whereby an outstanding iange 17 is provided.To that Iedge of the strip 16 which faces the inside of the frame ishinged, as indicated at 18, a strip 19 which is also angular incross-section forming an outstanding flange 20. The flanges 17 and 20are designed to grip the side edges of the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

seriai No. 860,623.

curtain 10, and thus prevent the curtain from swaying back and forth,and beating against the screen 21 which is fitted over the frame, on theoutside thereof. The strips are so shaped that when the hinged strip isswung over against the strip 1G, the outstanding anges are opposite eachother, and the edge of the curtain is clamped between the flanges, asshown in Fig.

At the top of the flanges 20 are outward bends which are shaped to formpockets 22, the same being designed to hold the ends of the rolled upcurtain 10 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Before the curtain can be rolledupthe strips 19 must be swung outward to release the same as showndotted in Fig. 5. The curtain may now be rolled up, and it is held inthis position by swinging the strips 19 inward so thatthe pockets 22inclose the ends of the roll. Upon swinging the strips 19 outward, therolled up curtain is released, whereupon it unrolls and drops down. Thestrips 19 are then swung inward to grip the edges of the curtain ashereinbefore described. At the lower ends of the flanges 2O are outwardbends 23 to clamp the cross bar 15 when the curtain is down. The flanges20 have finger-holds 21 to facilitate the operation thereof.

The device herein described is very simple in construction, it can beeasily put up, and it elfectually serves the purpose for which it isdesigned. The curtain, when down, is held tight all around, it beingmade fast at the top, and clamped at the sides and the bottom. The partswill be made in different sizes according to the size of the frame andthe curtain.

I claim:

1. The combination with a curtain having a cross bai` at its lower endon which it is adapted to be wound; of a frame to which the curtain issecured at its upper end, said frame having side members, and hingedmembers located to come opposite the side members, between which sidemembers and hinged members the edge portions of the curtain are adaptedto be clamped, the hinged members having pockets at their upper ends inwhich the end portions of the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat.

2. The combination with a curtain hav ing a cross bar at its lower endon which it is adapted to be wound; of a frame to which the curtain issecured at its upper end, said frame having side members, and hingedmembers locatedl to come opposite the side members, between which sidemembers and hinged members the edge portions of the curtain are adaptedto be clamped, the hinged members having pockets at their upper ends inwhich the end portions of the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat, andsaid hinged members also having means at their llower ends to clamp thecross bar of the curtain when the curtain is down.

3. The combination with a trarne having spaced side bars and a top crossbar therebetween; of a curtain secured at its upper end to the crossbar, a cross bar to which the lower free end of the curtain is fastened,and on which the curtain is adapted to be rolled, outstanding flanges onthe inner edges of the side bars, and hinged members having outstandingflanges leoated to come opposite the first-mentioned flanges, be tweenwhich opposite flanges the edges of the curtain are adapted to beclamped, and the second-mentioned flanges having pockets at their upperends in which the ends of the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 4. The combination with aframe having spaced side bars and a top cross bar therebetween; of acurtain secured at its upper end to the cross bar, a cross bar to whichthe lower free end of the Curtain is fastened, and en which the curtainis adapted to be rolled, outstanding flanges on the inner edges of theside bars. and hinged members having outstanding flanges located to comeopposite the first-mentioned flanges, between which opposite flanges theedges of the curtain are adapted to be clamped, and the second mentionedflanges having pockets at their upper ends in which the ends oi' therolled up curtain are adapted to seat, said flanges also having means attheir lower ends to cla-mp the cross bar of the curtain when the Curtainis down.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE O. `WOOLERY.

'Witnesses z FRANK C. lVILLARD, F. N. WoLcox.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

